Bengaluru: Values and perseverance, ambition and vision are attributes that entrepreneurs must possess in plenty, according to a galaxy of stalwarts who gathered to celebrate the spirit of enterprise at India’s de facto startup summit in Bengaluru on August 18. Even as they lauded the role …
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Encouraging signs of more domestic capital in the start-up ecosystem: Nandan Nilekani
Bengaluru: At a time when foreign capital primarily continues to fund India’s startup ecosystem, Nandan Nilekani, former chief executive of Infosys Technologies, pointed out that there were signs that domestic investors were beginning to weigh in as well. The architect of Aad…
Marching towards growth: InMobi becomes second Indian Unicorn to turn profitable
Bengaluru-based mobile adtech firm InMobi claims that it has turned profitable in the last quarter of 2016. This makes InMobi the second Indian unicorn after data analytics firm Mu Sigma to become profitable. As per the company, it has been generating cash every quarter starting April-June in the…
The Nudge Foundation launches an incubator for non-profit ventures
The Nudge Foundation, a Bengaluru-based non-profit focused on poverty alleviation and which is backed by Nandan Nilekani, Tata Trusts and a host of industry bigwigs, is launching what is perhaps the first ever incubator to support non-profit ventures working towards pulling people out of poverty.…
Mobile advertising will play an important role for start-ups
2016 was a significant year for the mobile advertising industry. Mobile ad spend is up 430% since 2013, and with over 2 billion smartphone users worldwide, it’s becoming clear that the future of digital marketing is mobile. Brands are no longer only looking after websites because mobile apps are …
Why hiring the right person is the most important challenge before a start-up
Software engineer Aatmaprem Aarya was working on a deadline. He was building a website that could fetch information from a database. For an engineer like Aarya with three years of work experience in a large software product company, it was an easy task. But his future employer, Boomerang Commerce…
The process of evolution in start-ups from T-20 to One-day to Test format
In a talk at Techsparks 2016, Naveen Tewari, Founder and CEO, InMobi, provided us a deep insight into the evolution of start-ups. “There are a lot of similarities between cricket and start-ups in the evolution process. While the transition process of cricket is from Test format to T-20, the latte…
Headhunters focus on smaller start-ups to beat hiring slump
Talent recruitment firms are scouting for business from smaller start-ups that have recently raised funds to fuel growth, diversifying away from larger consumer Internet clients that have frozen hiring amid a funding slowdown, industry executives said. Talent recruitment firms such as Wenger &…
SoftBank’s investments in India may surpass $10 billion
Having made a string of technology investments in India, Japanese telecom and Internet giant SoftBank has said its investments in the country will top $10 billion in 5-10 years. SoftBank, which owns one of Japan’s biggest mobile carriers and a controlling stake in US-based Sprint Corp, will…
Greedy games set to launch video-based ad integration
Greedy Games, a two-year-old startup that enables advertising through embedding of brands, is taking on new partnerships globally and preparing to launch video-based ad integration. The ad-tech startup is partnering with award-winning Czech Republic developer Mad Finger Games and Malaysian digita…